Ricky

With JW's good relationship with Souness I wonder if we could pick up any of their players on the cheap come January. I'm sure there will be a number of players who he will believe are surplus to requiremnts who might relish a move to get first team football. I know he carries a bit of baggage but if we could get Bowyer on loan it could be useful. He hasn't got back to his top form at Newcastle but he is young enough to turn his career around and get himself back in the England setup

Come on then Betfair Pro's, I have a question. I have just been looking at the site and it looks like you can basically choose your own odds. How does that work, what happens if I ask for Strachan at 9.00, do I then have to wait and see if anyone will match it??? At the moment it comes up "unmatched", just thought I'd have a bit of a play with it while I'm off work today.

12 applications for the job so far.

Saunders is going with him as well as Murray and boersma, according to Sky

Why a new thread....... Muppet

Good interview with JW on Sky, he has already had applications for the job. Important to get it right and get the right person.

Any of those 3 would be fine by me. Preferred order would be O'Neill (very doubtful that we would get him), Strachan, Hughes

Downunderrover, I think we are all keen on Strachan after seeing how he worked wonders with Southampton on a tight budget, they are a similar club to us so at least he has done well at a club with a tight budget and has experience at the top level. Pleason not Houllier is all I will say.

For some reason I'm not really upset about this. I thank GS for what he has acheived with our club but I feel we need a change. As the club are on a tight budget we should go for Strachan, at least then we could re-use Soueys training tops and stuff, GS replacing GS. Thanks for the memories Souey.

Since March 2000 Souness has spent 42.62 million and recouped 33.85m. over 4 seasons that works out as a deficit of 2.19m a year. So Bobby only speant about 3m a year more than Souness but has left Newcastle with some of the best young players in the country. When you look at the figures his signings have actually been pretty good. Souness has spent a lot of money on players that we will never recoup money on, Bobby spent it on main ly young players who will move on for larger fees.

As I'm a little bored this morning I have done a bit of research into Bobby's transfer signings... For 1 point who knows the first player he paid a fee for............................................. It was Rover's very own Kevin Gallacher. Anyway, here is the total he has spent on Players. 04-05 4.5m 03-04 3.6m 02-03 15.0m 01-02 29.0m 00-01 2.0m 99-00 6.5m Total 59.5m And here is the total he has bought in 04-05 15.85m 03-04 3.5m 02-03 0.15m 01-02 0.4m 00-01 8.65m 99-00 4.1m Total 32.65m So his transfer deficit is £26.85m over 5 seasons (Cant really include 04-05 as he only managed 4 games) which works out as £5.37m a season. When you think how high they have finished over the last few seasons I think his dealings have been pretty good. I know he has had a couple of costly errors but don't they all. If each place in the Prem is worth 500k and Bobby took Newcastle from relegation fodder to Champions League positions I think his outlay is justified.

So using Jims logic, Manchester United should have got rid of Ferguson when he had a torrid time of it in the late 80's.

He certainly comes accross well, seems to be keen to do well and prove that he can play at the top level.

Found the quote below on soccerage, think it explains what happened. To be fair the lad was only 18 at the time.

Oh yeah, because Ventola has been really good hasn't he. His 4 goals in 28 games last year really set the world alight didn't it. Ventola is so overrated its unbelievable. He has scored 8 goals in 3 years, thats really not that good is it. I'd take Bothroyd over him any day. If you want to see Ventola's "impressive" stats they are HERE

I think his display on Saturday was the final straw for the Manager and Fans.

The BBC has changed its wording and now reads. Thats more like it.

Speeedie (not sure if thats enough e's).. I cant wait for him to go but I just feel a bit miffed that he didnt move on before the start of the season when Portsmouth offered money for him. At least then we could have got a replacement. Believe me I'll still be chuffed if he does go.

Very disapointed with this. Souness should have took the 500k off Pompey when we had the chance. Should at least get a fee for him.

Neither of those took the club from the brink of relegation to a 3rd, 4th and 5th place finish. He's also built a team for the future with young talented players.

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A season long loan deal would be the best option in my opinion

Depends what team shearer is on by September 11th.

MOTD made a point of showing the 3 minute fiasco. Souness was told 3 minutes, the assistant put 3 minutes on the board, Ferguson cmplained and they changed it to 4 minutes. Whats that all about??? Also interesting that MOTD didn't bother showing Dickov getting in the way of Howards clearence (I certainly would have thought that should be a highlight). They also didn't bother showing Pedersons chance in the second half, although they obviously felt it was noteworthy as Hansen mentioned it after the highlights. Just a shame Friedel was appealing for the handball instead of setting himself for the shot, he would have saved it as it went straight between his hands. I'm not blaming him for us being robbed of the points, the blame for that lies purely with the match officials (again!!)

I think what summed him up was trying to flick the ball over one of the un ited players heads, losing the ball and then watching the united players attack us again.